MARINE DATA SCIENCE

Major
Marine Science
Quarter
Spring
Year
2026
Course Number
MARINCS 100B, Section 1
Enrollment Code
49411
Instructor(s)
Date & Time
MW 2:00 - 3:15 PM; R 2:00 - 3:50 PM
Location
ILP 3312 (MW); ILP 3209 (R)

Course Description

This course introduces students to foundational data science concepts and tools in marine science. Students will learn how to manipulate, analyze, and visualize marine data in a computational environment. This course will use the programming language R and no previous programming experience is necessary.

Optional Text

Hadley Wickham, Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, & Garrett Grolemund, R for Data Science 2nd edition O'Reilly
Note: this book is available free online